Fire together, mind; and not till I say the word." We crept up to the very edge of the open ground, and knelt behind a clump of bushes; resting our levelled barrels among the branches.

The slight rustling was heard.

Taurus turned round, dropped his head to the ground, and sent forth a low, sullen bellow; then snuffed the air.

The cow rose on her foreknees, pitched forward alannedly, and stood upon her legs; while the calf, with ears pricked, got right underneath her.

All three were now grouped, and in an instant would be off.
"I take the bull," cried our leader; "fire!" The calf fell like a clod; its dam uttered a cry, and thrust her head into the thicket; but she turned, and came moaning up to the lifeless calf, going round and round it, snuffing fiercely with her bleeding nostrils.